Source text - Englishit's a land born of fiery explosions
and violent collisions in the earth below...
a land ruled over by icy giants,
whose shifting crevasses can swallow peoplewhole.
this is Alaska, a land of fire and ice.
it's here where climbers attempt the summit
of the highest, coldest peak on the continent
and where the most powerful volcanic eruption
of the 20th century turned a lush valley into this eerie moonscape.
everything here is bigger, tougher, and more extreme.
for centuries, Alaska has beckoned to fortune hunters and thrill seekers alike, from Russian invaders on the hunt for the fur of our ocean's smallest mammals to prospectors hoping to strike it rich in hard rock mines full of copper and gold.
here, thousands come every year to battle exhaustion and haul in the riches of the sea,
while others come to scramble up one high rocky peak, to test their mettle against mountain--
sometimes just for the sheer fun of it.
aerial Alaska soars over remote corners of this stunning arctic land, from its highest ice fields,
to the salmon-filled streams of an island
where the world's largest brown bears come to feast.
but in the end, its wildest places may be its city streets. all this in America's last frontier...
Alaska.